A Service of Reconciliation and Unity for NAIDOC Week 8-15 Nov 2020
This order of service acknowledges and celebrates NAIDOC Week with a focus on reconciliation, unity, and respect for all individuals. It includes prayers, confessions, and reflections on diversity and equality, emphasizing the importance of honoring traditional custodians and embracing cultural differences. The service aims to promote understanding and solidarity among communities, fostering a sense of belonging and collective purpose.
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NAIDOC WEEK 8 15 Nov 2020 An Order of Service We thank God for, and acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we worship today. We pay our respects to Elders, past, present and emerging.
Invocation In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Sentence All the nations you have made will come and worship before you, Lord; they will bring glory to your name. they will bring glory to your name.
Welcome and Introduction Welcome to worship NAIDOC Week, 8 15 November Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people worshipping with us today are warned that names and images of deceased persons may be spokenordisplayed
National Aborigines Islanders Day Observance Committee
Confession The worth, dignity and equality of all human beings is central to the Christian faith. Let us draw near to God our Father with a true heart to confess our sins, including our failure to treat all our fellow human beings with dignity and respect.
Confession Almighty God and Father, you have created Almighty God and Father, you have created all people in your image, and by your grace all people in your image, and by your grace in Jesus Christ, drawn people of every in Jesus Christ, drawn people of every nation and language back into your nation and language back into your kingdom. We confess that we are often kingdom. We confess that we are often painfully separated by race, culture, painfully separated by race, culture, power and prestige. We are sorry for power and prestige. We are sorry for our sins of thought, word and deed, our sins of thought, word and deed, and plead for your grace, for the and plead for your grace, for the sake of our Lord Jesus sake of our Lord Jesus Christ. Christ.
Absolution Almighty God, our heavenly Father has had mercy on us, and has given his only Son to die for us, and for his sake, forgives us all our sins. He has drawn those from every race and culture who believe in his name into his family as children of God, and has given them his Holy Spirit. Grant this Lord, to us all, and help us to grow as brothers and sisters in your universal family. Amen. Amen.
Lord Have Mercy Lord have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Greeting The Lord be with you. And also with you. Let us pray.
Prayer of the Day Lord Jesus Christ, by your cross and passion you reconciled the world to God and broke down the barriers of race and culture that divide people and nations. Make us and all your people agents of reconciliation in the life of our church and our world. Amen.
First Reading | 1 Genesis 50:15-21 When Joseph s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, What if Joseph holds a grudge against us and pays us back for all the wrongs we did to him? So they sent word to Joseph, saying, Your father left these instructions before he died: This is what you are to say to Joseph: I ask you to forgive your brothers the sins and the wrongs they committed in treating you so badly. Now please forgive the sins of the servants of the God of your father. When their message came to him, Joseph wept.
First Reading | 1 Genesis 50:15-21 His brothers then came and threw themselves down before him. We are your slaves, they said. But Joseph said to them, Don t be afraid. Am I in the place of God? You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives. So then, don t be afraid. I will provide for you and your children. And he reassured them and spoke kindly to them. This is the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. Thanks be to God.
Second Reading | 2 Corinthians 5:17-19 If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away, and look, new things have come. Everything is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: That is, in Christ, God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and he has committed the message of reconciliation to us.
Second Reading | 2 Corinthians 5:17-19 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, certain that God is appealing through us. We plead on Christ s behalf, Be reconciled to God. This is the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Gospel | 1 Matthew 7:1-5 Glory be to you, O Lord. Glory be to you, O Lord. Jesus said: Do not judge, or you too will be judged.For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?
Gospel | 1 Matthew 7:1-5 How can you say to your brother, Let me take the speck out of your eye, when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother s eye. This is the Gospel of the Lord. Praise be to you, O Christ.
Meditation There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus. - Galatians 3:28
Apostles Creed I believe in God, the Father almighty, maker of I believe in God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth. heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, And in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried. He descended was crucified, dead, and buried. He descended into hell. The third day he rose again from into hell. The third day he rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven, and the dead. He ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God, the Father sits at the right hand of God, the Father almighty, from thence he will come to almighty, from thence he will come to judge the living and the judge the living and the dead dead. .
Apostles Creed I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian church, the communion of saints, Christian church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
Offering prayer Let us pray Thank you, Lord, for all the gifts you Thank you, Lord, for all the gifts you have entrusted to us, including the have entrusted to us, including the land on which we live. Help us to land on which we live. Help us to remember that all we are and have remember that all we are and have comes from you and is to be used to comes from you and is to be used to serve you. Amen. serve you. Amen.
Prayer of the Church Let us pray ... Response Lord, in your mercy hear our prayer. hear our prayer. ...one God, now and forever. Amen. Amen.
Lords Prayer Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. who sin against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, now and for ever. Amen. are yours, now and for ever. Amen.
Blessing The blessing of Almighty God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, be with you/us all. Amen. Amen.
